Gwen McCrae, Singer Who Helped Open the Dance Floor to Disco, Dies at 81 NYT Par :Clay Risen 8 mars 2025 à 15:29 Originally a gospel singer, she went on to meld soulful melodies with dance-floor-friendly grooves on songs like the 1975 Top 10 hit “Rockin’ Chair.” © Gilles Petard/Redferns, via Getty ImagesThe singer Gwen McCrae in 1975, the year she had her biggest hit, “Rockin’ Chair.”
D’Wayne Wiggins, One Third of the R&B Group Tony! Toni! Toné!, Dies at 64 NYT Par :Clay Risen 8 mars 2025 à 02:45 As a paragon of the New Jack Swing sound, the band recorded three platinum albums and a slew of hits, including “Feels Good.” © Steve Jennings/WireImage, via Getty ImagesD’Wayne Wiggins at a nightclub in Oakland, Calif., in 2016. He was best known as the lead singer of the R&B trio Tony! Toni! Toné!, which had a slew of hits in the 1980s and ’90s.